Elisabeth Osterwalder is a Swiss Para-alpine skier and athlete. She represented Switzerland at the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games. She won a total of seven medals.[1]

Elisabeth Osterwalder
Sport
Country Switzerland
SportAlpine skiing
Paralympic athletics
Medal record

Career

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She competed at the 1976 Winter Paralympics, in Örnsköldsvik, in giant slalom IV A winning a gold medal, with a time of 3:02:07.[2][3][4]

She competed at the 1980 Winter Paralympics in Geilo, winning gold medals in giant slalom 2B - in 3:39:11,[5] and slalom 2B - in 2:07:16.[6]

She competed at the 1984 Winter Paralympics, in Innsbruck , winning a silver medal in the LW4 super combined race (in 7'08" 33  ),[7] and finishing fourth in Women's downhill LW4.

Osterwalder also competed in the Paralympic athletics competitions at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem winning a gold medal in the shot put C1 (with the measure of 6.01 m),[8] a silver medal in the throw of the C1 javelin (result 14.94 m),[9] and a bronze in the C1 discus (a throw of 14.02 m  ).[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Elisabeth Osterwalder - Alpine skiing, Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ "Ornskoldsvik 1976 - alpine-skiing – womens-giant-slalom-iv". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  3. ^ "Paralympics 1976 Örnsköldvsik". Swiss Paralympic (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  4. ^ "Winter Paralympics 1976 Oernskoeldsvik SWE" (PDF). oepc.at.
  5. ^ "Geilo 1980 - alpine-skiing – womens-giant-slalom-2b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  6. ^ "Geilo 1980 - alpine-skiing – womens-slalom-2b". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  7. ^ "Innsbruck 1984 - alpine-skiing – womens-alpine-combination-lw4". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  8. ^ "Arnhem 1980 - athletics – womens-shot-put-c1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  9. ^ "Arnhem 1980 - athletics – womens-javelin-c1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  10. ^ "Arnhem 1980 - athletics – womens-discus-throw-c1". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-10-31.